Description
This Chuncho chocolate is made from a tiny Peruvian bean packed full of cacao butter, making the chocolate deliciously creamy with very little astringency. A great variety for a slightly higher cacao content bar.
The Chuncho cacaos that can be found in Cusco, Junín and Ayacucho, are not a homogenous group, rather a range of different varieties. The cacao pods are small and so are the beans.
Years ago, this Urusayhua rare genetic varietal was on the edge of extinction due to growing numbers of abandoned farms. Thanks to support from craft chocolate makers, farmers saved these trees from being lost forever, and now more than 90 families are actively growing this uniquely flavoured bean.
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